Big Weekend For Alex Grant

It was an eventful week for former Saint John Sea Dogs captains.

On Thursday, the American Hockey League’s Springfield Falcons traded Mike Thomas to the Grand Rapids Griffins. Then over the weekend, Alex Grant ripped up the AHL by recording two goals six assists over three games.

Grant, who captained the Sea Dogs through the 2007-08 season and part of the 2008-09 campaign, registered an assist on Friday in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins’ 4-1 win over the Manchester Monarchs. Then on Saturday, the defenseman went into beast mode, scoring twice and adding three assists in the Baby Pens’ 6-2 victory over the Syracuse Crunch.

"It's awesome," said Grant of his performance to the Citizen’s Voice. "Sold-out barn and being able to play that well at home, back-to-back wins, is pretty special. That's what we've been trying to do for a while now. We haven't been the best at home. We've been hearing it. It's good to give a sold-out crowd a night like that."

Grant’s five points all came on the power play. According the Citizen’s Voice, it was only the seventh time in WB/S history that a player recorded five points in a game.

Then on Sunday, the Antigonish native added two more power play helpers in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s 4-3 win in Syracuse.

Grant now has three goals and 18 assists in 23 games this season in his third year of professional hockey.

In 222 games in three-and-a-half seasons with Saint John, the first overall pick in the 2005 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Entry Draft recorded 40 goals and 84 assists.